Business

Massive NIS 5.75m. fraud: Attempted to shift blame and sentenced to prison

The Ramle Magistrate's Court sentenced Avner Elouk, owner of Sagiv Fire Protection Technologies, to 44 months in prison after he was convicted of severe tax offenses.

44 months in prison and a fine for company owner convicted of deducting fictitious invoices worth NIS 5.75 million.
Eylon Zefania, Yoni Cohen, Aviv Yovel, and Michal Elyasaf, co-founders of Vizby.

Without seed capital: Four young Israeli entrepreneurs sell AI startup for millions of shekels

An Air Haifa ATR-72-600 aircraft.

Air Haifa announces Cal's FlyAll as first credit card partner for reward flight redemptions

The investigation can outlast the release note.

The week behind a bug fix could become AI training data


Anthropic nears $6 billion deal for Israeli AI startup Decart, creating new billionaires

Decart's shareholders believe they can produce a higher return from shares of a company like Anthropic, which is planning to launch the largest IPO in history, at a company valuation of $2 trillion.

The founders of Decart, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev

Australian lawyer makes aliyah just before October 7, quits job to launch babywear brand

"I’m releasing the onesies in very limited drops and collaborating with Israeli local artists," said Miriam Agranat. "They’re doing extremely bold, colorful prints."

MIRIAM AGRANAT with a collectible Tiftaf onesie.

‘My form of Zionism’: Jerusalem nonprofit helps new olim build businesses in Israel

MATI Jerusalem gives new immigrants the guidance, tools, and confidence they need to launch successful businesses and keep them growing.

Eli Bentata​, chair of the MATI Jerusalem Board, opens the organization’s new office in Jerusalem.

Anthropic in talks to acquire Israeli AI startup Decart for $6 billion

Foreign report: AI giant Anthropic is examining its largest acquisition to date, Decart, which raised funds in May at a valuation of around $4 billion.

The founders of Decart, Dean Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev

Michigan is not turning away from Israel – opinion

America’s political area will have no impact on the economic, technological, and personal ties between Israelis and Michiganians

ATTACHING TIRES to the chassis of an F-150 pickup truck at Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan, in 2024.

Why the diamond industry must abandon dogma and embrace lab-grown pragmatism - opinion

The modern marketplace no longer rewards dogmatic rejectionism; instead, it demands an enlightened dual-track strategy that balances trade advocacy with market realities. 

A diamond.

OurCrowd appoints Cali Chill as CEO after year as acting chief

Seven-year company veteran formally takes helm after founder Jon Medved stepped back from day-to-day management last year.

New OurCrowd CEO Cali Chill.

Visa buys Israel's BioCatch for $2.4b

The American payments giant is acquiring the Israeli AI firm, which protects hundreds of millions of users worldwide from financial fraud.

Gadi Mazor, BioCatch CEO

Lahav 433 questions figure close to senior Likud circles over alleged concealment of assets

The investigation was conducted jointly by the Lahav 433 National Economic Crime Unit and the Justice Ministry’s insolvency enforcement unit.

General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on August 2, 2026.

AI-driven search surges: Consumers shift to buying in chat

A new Salesforce report reveals that e-commerce traffic referred by AI users quadrupled.

A woman using a laptop to shop online